NBN Vs ADSL Price Comparison Statistics

There are already hundreds of NBN Fibre plans in the market and hundreds of ADSL plans linger on. To help understand how much you'll pay as a consumer, we've listed the average prices of each connection type below for a range of data allowances (NOTE: the data allowances shown below are for total for peak / off-peak usage amounts published by ISPs). Average prices are drawn dynamically from WhistleOut.

Bundled vs. Un-Bundled. What this means...ADSL plans have typically been either bundled with your home phone telephone line rental included in the price, or un-bundled (broadband only). With NBN fibre broadband, some advertised bundled plans have a dedicated UNI-V port price included (phone), others have a dedicated VOIP plan for calls over fibre.

Speed Upgrades - Rumoured for 2013

Currently, the top speed tier on the NBN is set at
100Mpbsdownload speed combined with40Mps upload on a fibre broadband connection.

As a comparison, these download speeds are between 4 and 10 times what an average customer is likely to get on ADSL2+ depending on their distance from the exchange.

A new top tier speed is expected to be released by nbnTM. before the end of 2013 with a top speed of
1Gbps downloadand 400Mbps upload. This is up to 100 times faster than ADSL2+. Prices are yet to be released for these plans.

Consumer Broadband Prices

We compare consumer broadband prices and NBN plan prices as they relates to consumers. We compare what is actively available right now from a representative range of ISPs compared on our site.

We're not involved in the politics or discussions on the NBN and our focus is on how the actual consumer products compare.

Your New Broadband (NBN vs ADSL)

Whilst you are waiting for the NBN to become available in your area (which may be a few years from now depending on your location), you'll likely need to use an ADSL2+ connection (Naked or Bundled).